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Creativity research

the tendency of composers' final works to be shorter, simpler in melody, yet more often performed and esteemed than earlier works.

In creativity research, swan-song phenomenon refers to the tendency of composers' final works to be shorter, simpler in melody, yet more often performed and esteemed than earlier works. This meaning comes from Simonton (1989) in Psychology and Aging.[1]

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Simonton, D. K. (1989). The swan-song phenomenon: Last-works effects for 172 classical composers. Psychology and Aging, 4(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.4.1.42

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